Reflections on the books, poems, short stories, cereal boxes and small print I'm currently reading AND the films I'm getting to see upon occasion. . . .

Monday, June 13, 2016

Postcards about CEMETERIES

772. China

Greeting from China. Nice to meet you. This is a postcard of Dr. Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum (cemetery). Sun is the father of the country Hope you enjoy it.

NOTE: Dr. Sun Yet-san (1866 - 1925) was the founding father and 1st president of the Republic of China..

580. Indonesia

Open air funerals in Tana Toraja, South Celebes

Hello Chris,

Greetings from Indonesia. My name is Nisa and I live in Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia. yesterday, we just celebrate our independence day. This postcard shows you a "graveyard" in Toraja. They have such a unique funeral ceremony. If someone died, they will keep the body for sometime and one day, in the ceremony, the dead body will walk by his own to his graveyard. They say it's magic. I can't explain any logical explanation for this. You can search "The Walking Corpses." Have a nice day! Nisa

521. Pensacola, FLORIDA

(Card is from somewhere in the US)

Thank you for letting me send you this card. I have been holding on to it for awhile waiting to send it tot he right person. I love the irony in your last name. I recently traveled through Arizona and got some good jackalope postcards. Devin

503. New Orleans, Louisiana

Hi Chris, My name is Kathy Lea and I live in Louisiana. I like to travel, read, garden, and postcrossing. I've never been up north, it is way too cold for me. I love the tropical weather we have down here. Hope you have a great day!

Postcard Stats Since August, 2015

About Me

I'm a just-retired fourth grade classroom teacher, I've taught fifth grade, middle school literature, and college-level children's literature. Now I work as an assistant in the Youth Services department of a big public library....heaven! Originally from New England, I spent the last 14 years in the glorious sunshine of Tucson, Arizona, and have recently moved to south central Pennsylvania - a new adventure! I adore my kids, my grandkids (I got married at "age 9"), my students, books and reading, quilts and quilting, yarn and knitting, papercrafts and altering books, genealogy, letterboxing, - and hitting the road to adventure far and wide. There are only two states that I've not yet visited, but I'm determined to get to all of them, even if I have to row.... Next goal? Foreign countries? US capitals or major cities?